By: Marissa Mueller, Max Bergstrom and Sarah Neuhauser
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Introduction "Here, in a word, - and it is a rare instance in my life, - I had met with a person thoroughly adapted to the situation which he held." pg. 24 Prediction: In this quote he speaks of someone that lives in the moment and knows everything they are planning on doing. This makes us predict that he will discriminate against the characters that don't have a plan and just go with the flow.
“A writer of story-books! What kind of a business in life,—what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day and generation,—may that be? Why, the degenerate fellow might as well have been a fiddler!” Relation to real life situation: This could relate to any individual who has been told by someone that they should just quit because nothing would come of what they are trying to do. That there was no purpose to what they were actually doing. "...I happened to place it on my breast....It seemed to me then, that I experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet almost so, as of a burning heat; and as if the letter were not of red cloth, but red-hot iron. I shuddered, and involuntarily let it fall upon the floor." pg. 31 Relation to chapters: This is a moment where the narrator reflects upon what he has written and tries to appeal to the Puritan society. Although he writes of unaccepted events, he still tries to convince his peers that he still has Puritan ideals. This relates to Pearl and the fact that she goes against what the Puritans believed like her mother did when she committed adultery.
Chapter 1: The Prison Door
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This title is related to the scarlet letter because the scarlet letter incarcerates her with her evil deed. The letter also acts as a social barrier just as a door would in a jail. In her society no one wants to have anything to do wih because of the letter. It holds her back from the rest of society and it seems that there is no way around, just lie behind the oak door that sits in front of her in the prison.
Chapter 2
Something to Talk About -Bonnie Raitt
verse 1
People are talkin, talking 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept under covers
I just ignore it, but they keep saying
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, Darlin'
chorus
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love?
verse 2
I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, Darlin'
chorus
bridge
Let's give them something to talk about
A little mystery to figure out
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?
chorus
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?
Chapter 3: The Recognition
One interpretation of the title is that Hester recognizes
her husband in the crowd. His unique shoulders and
individuality point him out clearly as she stands among
her peers and is criticized. A second interpretation of the title is the fact that
Hester also realizes that she did commit adultery since
her husband was still alive. So she indeed did deserve
the punishment she was getting. The third interpretation of the title is that Hester will
always be recognized as a criminal by her scarlet letter.
Chapter 6
Pearl is a free spirit that doesn't care what everyone else thinks. She does whatever she believes in and doesn't resist the peer pressure ensued upon her by the Puritan society. This is why we chose our cartoon. The boy sees himself just as he wants to see himself, not as how his peers see him. Although her mother tries to convince her that the things she does are "immoral", Pearl is only bothered by the fact that she isn't having as much fun as possible.
Chapter 7 "Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee." Pearl is a viberant young girl who just wants to have fun and discover herself. Her mom on the other hand has gone throught many ups and downs in her life and has finally settled in a stage of depression. Even Pearl's up beat attitude does not cheer up Hester. Many people don't see it, but more than 19 million people in the U.S. suffer from depression. After doing research we have found that the depression this woman the hardest. Remember Pearl isn't that old and women have shown sigifiant signs of depression after giving birth, plus being incarcerated for adultry doesn't help. Depression is a stage that comes and goes in people lives and we have a feeling that as the story progresses Hester will start to see the brighter things in life, such as her daughter Pearl.
Chapter 8 Hester is a good mother for Pearl because she keeps her safe and cares for her. Although her child is an outcast, Hester stands by her side and relies on Pearl to be her best friend. even though Hester made a bad decision in the first place she is trying to keep her treasured daughter from doing the same. She is trying to ease her daughter back into society the best she can but it seems as if her daughter is a bit of an odd ball as well. Hester is trying the best she can to provide for her child and to our group that is all it takes for us to see her as a very loving, caring and definitely not an unfit mother.
In the movie Avatar there are two characters that have a similar relationship that Dimmesdale and Chillingsworth have. The relationship that Dimmesdale and Chillingsworth have is not a friendship, persay, but rather one person useing another. Chillingsworth uses Dimmesdale to find out who shares Hester's sin, and it seems that he is making Dimmesdale sicker, even though he was hired to cure him. The same goes for the relationship between Colonel Quaritch and Jake Sully. Jake is the main characte supposedly joining this Avatar program to help cure his paralysis. He is ignorant that he is being used to move the natives away from their habitat for a large amount of a valuable stone that Colonel Quaritch is after. In the end Quaritch threatens Jake's life, like Chillingsworth makes Dimmesdale sicker, and the so-called "friendship" between the Colonel and Jake is destroyed. Near the end of The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale admits that he doesn't really like Chillingsworth.
Chapter 11
"To the untrue man, the whole universe is false - it is palpable - it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself, in so far as he shows himself in the false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist."
John Edwards is the spitting image of the theme of this novel. He commits modern day adultery and is punished for his act by being followed by paparazzi and slandered. He doesn't care what the world wants out of him, he only cares about doing what he wants even if it's something that would be looked down upon. Although he is directly related to the changing political world, he shrinks down to the less important wants of being satisfied by someone other than his wife. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,391426,00.html
Chapter 13 Who is Hester Prynne
Look,
stare,
glance.
The towns people are in awe,
she is different to them.
Out of place.
Think again,
a mother,
a saint,
an idol.
People see her different.
She is brave,
a woman of true character
that's who Hester Prynne is!
Chapter 18 At the beginning of the novel Dimmesdale is placed on a high pedistal as the highly revered Reverend from England. He is a holy man that is the closest man if the people to God. As the novel progresses it is learned that he is the one who shares sin with Hester Prynne. It is revealed that he also sins just as much as everyone else. Hawthorne begins refering too Dimmesdale as Arthur, putting him on a first name basis with everyone else, making him less holy and more of a commoner.
Final Assignments
Hawthorne chose to have Hester raise a daughter because it seems like more of a sin to have a daughter. She
can be banished and thrown in the corner without anyone batting an eyelash. Plus the fact
that boys had a larger role in society for which Hester would have had to have the perfect son.
Chillingsworth is by far the most sinful in relation to the novel. Hester and Dimmesdale may have committed a
punishable crime by society, but Chillingsworth's sin is that he was obsessed with getting revenge. Hester and
Dimmesdale never hurt anyone by committing adultery and it was an honest mistake.
Chillingsworth on the other hand, knew what he was doing and did it just to torture Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale.
By: Marissa Mueller, Max Bergstrom and Sarah Neuhauser
Introduction
"Here, in a word, - and it is a rare instance in my life, - I had met with a person thoroughly adapted to the situation which he held." pg. 24
Prediction: In this quote he speaks of someone that lives in the moment and knows everything they are planning on doing. This makes us predict that he will discriminate against the characters that don't have a plan and just go with the flow.
“A writer of story-books! What kind of a business in life,—what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day and generation,—may that be? Why, the degenerate fellow might as well have been a fiddler!”
Relation to real life situation: This could relate to any individual who has been told by someone that they should just quit because nothing would come of what they are trying to do. That there was no purpose to what they were actually doing.
"...I happened to place it on my breast....It seemed to me then, that I experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet almost so, as of a burning heat; and as if the letter were not of red cloth, but red-hot iron. I shuddered, and involuntarily let it fall upon the floor." pg. 31
Relation to chapters: This is a moment where the narrator reflects upon what he has written and tries to appeal to the Puritan society. Although he writes of unaccepted events, he still tries to convince his peers that he still has Puritan ideals. This relates to Pearl and the fact that she goes against what the Puritans believed like her mother did when she committed adultery.
Chapter 1: The Prison Door
This title is related to the scarlet letter because the scarlet letter incarcerates her with her evil deed. The letter also acts as a social barrier just as a door would in a jail. In her society no one wants to have anything to do wih because of the letter. It holds her back from the rest of society and it seems that there is no way around, just lie behind the oak door that sits in front of her in the prison.
Chapter 2
Something to Talk About -Bonnie Raitt
verse 1
People are talkin, talking 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept under covers
I just ignore it, but they keep saying
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, Darlin'
chorus
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love?
verse 2
I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, Darlin'
chorus
bridge
Let's give them something to talk about
A little mystery to figure out
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?
chorus
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?
Chapter 3: The Recognition
One interpretation of the title is that Hester recognizes
her husband in the crowd. His unique shoulders and
individuality point him out clearly as she stands among
her peers and is criticized.
A second interpretation of the title is the fact that
Hester also realizes that she did commit adultery since
her husband was still alive. So she indeed did deserve
the punishment she was getting.
The third interpretation of the title is that Hester will
always be recognized as a criminal by her scarlet letter.
Chapter 6
Pearl is a free spirit that doesn't care what everyone else thinks. She does whatever she believes in and doesn't resist the peer pressure ensued upon her by the Puritan society. This is why we chose our cartoon. The boy sees himself just as he wants to see himself, not as how his peers see him. Although her mother tries to convince her that the things she does are "immoral", Pearl is only bothered by the fact that she isn't having as much fun as possible.
Chapter 7
"Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee."
Pearl is a viberant young girl who just wants to have fun and discover herself. Her mom on the other hand has gone throught many ups and downs in her life and has finally settled in a stage of depression. Even Pearl's up beat attitude does not cheer up Hester. Many people don't see it, but more than 19 million people in the U.S. suffer from depression. After doing research we have found that the depression this woman the hardest. Remember Pearl isn't that old and women have shown sigifiant signs of depression after giving birth, plus being incarcerated for adultry doesn't help. Depression is a stage that comes and goes in people lives and we have a feeling that as the story progresses Hester will start to see the brighter things in life, such as her daughter Pearl.
Chapter 8
Hester is a good mother for Pearl because she keeps her safe and cares for her. Although her child is an outcast, Hester stands by her side and relies on Pearl to be her best friend. even though Hester made a bad decision in the first place she is trying to keep her treasured daughter from doing the same. She is trying to ease her daughter back into society the best she can but it seems as if her daughter is a bit of an odd ball as well. Hester is trying the best she can to provide for her child and to our group that is all it takes for us to see her as a very loving, caring and definitely not an unfit mother.
Chapter 9-10
Avatar
In the movie Avatar there are two characters that have a similar relationship that Dimmesdale and Chillingsworth have. The relationship that Dimmesdale and Chillingsworth have is not a friendship, persay, but rather one person useing another. Chillingsworth uses Dimmesdale to find out who shares Hester's sin, and it seems that he is making Dimmesdale sicker, even though he was hired to cure him. The same goes for the relationship between Colonel Quaritch and Jake Sully. Jake is the main characte supposedly joining this Avatar program to help cure his paralysis. He is ignorant that he is being used to move the natives away from their habitat for a large amount of a valuable stone that Colonel Quaritch is after. In the end Quaritch threatens Jake's life, like Chillingsworth makes Dimmesdale sicker, and the so-called "friendship" between the Colonel and Jake is destroyed. Near the end of The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale admits that he doesn't really like Chillingsworth.
Chapter 11
"To the untrue man, the whole universe is false - it is palpable - it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself, in so far as he shows himself in the false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist."
John Edwards is the spitting image of the theme of this novel. He commits modern day adultery and is punished for his act by being followed by paparazzi and slandered. He doesn't care what the world wants out of him, he only cares about doing what he wants even if it's something that would be looked down upon. Although he is directly related to the changing political world, he shrinks down to the less important wants of being satisfied by someone other than his wife.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,391426,00.html
Chapter 13
Who is Hester Prynne
Look,
stare,
glance.
The towns people are in awe,
she is different to them.
Out of place.
Think again,
a mother,
a saint,
an idol.
People see her different.
She is brave,
a woman of true character
that's who Hester Prynne is!
Chapter 18
At the beginning of the novel Dimmesdale is placed on a high pedistal as the highly revered Reverend from England. He is a holy man that is the closest man if the people to God. As the novel progresses it is learned that he is the one who shares sin with Hester Prynne. It is revealed that he also sins just as much as everyone else. Hawthorne begins refering too Dimmesdale as Arthur, putting him on a first name basis with everyone else, making him less holy and more of a commoner.
Final Assignments
Hawthorne chose to have Hester raise a daughter because it seems like more of a sin to have a daughter. She
can be banished and thrown in the corner without anyone batting an eyelash. Plus the fact
that boys had a larger role in society for which Hester would have had to have the perfect son.
Chillingsworth is by far the most sinful in relation to the novel. Hester and Dimmesdale may have committed a
punishable crime by society, but Chillingsworth's sin is that he was obsessed with getting revenge. Hester and
Dimmesdale never hurt anyone by committing adultery and it was an honest mistake.
Chillingsworth on the other hand, knew what he was doing and did it just to torture Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale.